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ROUBAIX

Most Famous People Born in Roubaix, France

Notable people
312
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1931
Most distinctive
Business 2.6×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Roubaix during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Roubaix Is Known For

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Politician is Roubaix's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (44).

Roubaix over-indexes on business2.6× the global rate.

  1. Politician44
  2. Football38
  3. Actor16
  4. Painter10
  5. Composer9
  6. Writer9
  7. Journalist9
  8. Player9
  1. Business82.6×
  2. Athletic82.3×
  3. Composer92.2×
  4. Journalist91.8×
  5. Architect51.8×
  6. Militar61.6×
  7. Film61.6×
  8. Basket61.5×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Roubaix's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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312 notable people

0001 BUSINESS

Bernard Arnault

Born 1949

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0002 COMPOSER

Georges Delerue

1925 - 1992

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0003 FILM

Arnaud Desplechin

Born 1960

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0004 POLITICIAN

Pierre Pflimlin

1907 - 2000

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0005 NEUROSCIENTIST

Stanislas Dehaene

Born 1965

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0006 ACTOR

Viviane Romance

1912 - 1991

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0007 ACTOR

Yvonne Furneaux

Born 1928

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0008 FOOTBALL

Anthony Knockaert

Born 1991

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0009 WRITER

Maxence Van der Meersch

1907 - 1951

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0010 FILM

Laurent Tirard

Born 1967

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0011 CYCLIST

Arnaud Tournant

Born 1978

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0012 FILM

Étienne Chatiliez

Born 1952

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0013 POLITICIAN

Louis Loucheur

1872 - 1931

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0014 HOCKEY

Antoine Roussel

Born 1989

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0015 COMPOSER

Pierre Jansen

1930 - 2015

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0016 POLITICIAN

Karima Delli

Born 1979

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0017 SPRINT

Martial Mbandjock

Born 1985

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0018 ENTREPRENEUR

Gérard Mulliez

Born 1931

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0019 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Claude Meillassoux

1925 - 2005

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0020 JOURNALIST

Roger Auque

1956 - 2014

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0021 SONGWRITER

Gustave Nadaud

1820 - 1893

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0022 SPORT

Charles Crupelandt

1886 - 1955

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0023 FOOTBALL

Idir Ouali

Born 1988

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0024 POLITICIAN

Jean-Baptiste Lebas

1878 - 1944

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0025 ACTOR

Jenny Clève

Born 1930

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0026 PAINTER

Jean-Joseph Weerts

1846 - 1927

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0027 ACTOR

Chantal Ladesou

Born 1948

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0028 SPORT

Alain Bondue

Born 1959

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0029 ACTOR

Léon Mathot

1886 - 1968

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0030 FOOTBALL

Moussa Niakhaté

Born 1996

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0031 SPORT

Jean Alavoine

1888 - 1943

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0032 FOOTBALL

Christoffer Mafoumbi

Born 1994

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0033 FOOTBALL

Christophe Landrin

Born 1977

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0034 RIDER

Karim Laghouag

Born 1975

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0035 WRITER

Marie Desplechin

Born 1959

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0036 MEDIA

Jean Prouvost

1885 - 1978

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0037 FOOTBALL

Georges Verriest

1909 - 1985

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0038 SWIMMER

Fantine Lesaffre

Born 1994

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0039 BUSINESS

Antoine Arnault

Born 1977

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0040 PHILOSOPHER

Maurice Nédoncelle

1905 - 1976

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0041 RAPPER

Gradur

Born 1990

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0042 BOXER

Daouda Sow (boxer)

Born 1983

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0043 JOURNALIST

Bruno Masure

Born 1947

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0044 PRIEST

Jean-Luc Brunin

Born 1951

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0045 ORGANIST

Philippe Lefebvre (organiste)

Born 1949

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0046 BOXER

René Libeer

1934 - 2006

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0047 POLITICIAN

Alex Türk

Born 1950

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0048 ETHNOLOGIST

Marguerite Dupire

1920 - 2015

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0049 LINGUIST

Octave Merlier

1897 - 1976

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0050 POLITICIAN

Marie-Christine Blandin

Born 1952

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0051 COMPOSER

Raymond Guiot

Born 1930

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0052 FOOTBALL

Seïd Khiter

Born 1985

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0053 SINGER

Michel Dens

1911 - 2000

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0054 POLITICIAN

Raymond Schmittlein

1904 - 1974

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0055 FOOTBALL

Georges Beaucourt

1912 - 2002

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0056 OLYMPIC

Nicolas Charbonnier

Born 1981

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0057 POET

Yanette Delétang-Tardif

1902 - 1976

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0058 FILM

Agnès Guillemot

1931 - 2005

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0059 POLO

Henri Padou

1898 - 1981

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0060 JOURNALIST

Benoît Duquesne

1957 - 2014

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0061 SINGER

Boris (singer)

Born 1965

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0062 TRUMPET

Roger Delmotte

Born 1925

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0063 FOOTBALL

David Coulibaly

Born 1978

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0064 FOOTBALL

Raymond Dubly

1893 - 1988

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0065 FOOTBALL

Ahmed Touba

Born 1998

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0066 ATHLETIC

Jacques Carette

Born 1947

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0067 ROWER

Henri Hazebrouck

1877 - 1948

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0068 LINGUIST

Jules Feller

1859 - 1940

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0069 MUSIC

Frédéric Zigante

Born 1961

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0070 SPRINT

Prudent Joye

1913 - 1980

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0071 JOURNALIST

Robert Diligent

1924 - 2014

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0072 ACADEMIC

Michel Décaudin

1919 - 2004

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0073 ROWER

Émile Delchambre

1875 - 1958

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0074 FILM

Emmanuelle Cuau

Born 1964

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0075 COMPOSER

Henri Verdun

1895 - 1977

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0076 POLITICIAN

Dimitri Houbron

Born 1991

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0077 MEDIEVALIST

Philippe Depreux

Born 1967

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0078 POLITICIAN

Auguste Isaac

1849 - 1938

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0079 HISTORIAN

Pierre Pierrard

1920 - 2005

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0080 BADMINTON

Nabil Lasmari

Born 1978

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0081 POLITICIAN

André Diligent

1919 - 2002

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0082 BUSINESS

Vianney Mulliez

Born 1963

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0083 ENGINEER

Bernard Amadei

Born 1954

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0084 HOCKEY

Michel Breistroff

1971 - 1996

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0085 MECHANIC

Adolphe Assi

1841 - 1886

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0086 FENCER

Saoussen Boudiaf

Born 1993

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0087 MILITAR

Louis Bossut

1873 - 1917

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0088 ASTRONOMER

Robert Jonckhèere

1888 - 1974

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0089 COWBOY

Pierre Wibaux

1858 - 1913

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0090 BIOLOGIST

Gaston Naessens

1924 - 2018

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0091 POLITICIAN

Christine Hennion

Born 1955

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0092 PHILOLOGIST

Dominique Mulliez

Born 1952

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0093 POLITICIAN

Olivier Henno

Born 1962

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0094 FOOTBALL

Émile Sartorius

1883 - 1933

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0095 ACTOR

Bruno Devoldère

1948 - 2008

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0096 KAYAK

Manon Hostens

Born 1994

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0097 FOOTBALL

Pierre Dréossi

Born 1959

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0098 ACTOR

Saïda Jawad

Born 1973

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0099 FOOTBALL

André François (footballer)

1886 - 1915

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0100 POLITICIAN

Ivan Renar

Born 1937

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0101 PLAYER

Pierrick Gunther

Born 1989

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0102 RACING

Jacques Pollet

1922 - 1997

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0103 SCULPTOR

Charles Gadenne

1925 - 2012

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0104 CONDUCTOR

Jules Gressier

1897 - 1960

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0105 LINGUIST

Fernand Carton

1921 - 2019

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0106 SOCIOLOGIST

Saïd Bouamama

Born 1958

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0107 TERRORIST

Lionel Dumont

Born 1971

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0108 PHYSICIAN

Gérard Vachonfrance

1933 - 2008

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0109 ESPERANTIST

Katrien Delavier

1961 - 1998

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0110 MUSIC

Philippe Deschepper

Born 1949

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0111 FOOTBALL

Roger Carré

1921 - 1996

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0112 FOOTBALL

Charles Renaux

1885 - 1971

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0113 ACTOR

Ariane Borg

1915 - 2007

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0114 PRIEST

Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux

1910 - 1999

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0115 ACTOR

Pierre Fromont

1925 - 2015

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0116 ATHLETIC

Zahia Dahmani

Born 1972

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0117 PAINTER

Arthur Van Hecke

1924 - 2003

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0118 WRITER

Raphaëlle Valbrune-Desplechin

Born 1900

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0119 POLITICIAN

Gérard Vignoble

Born 1945

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0120 POLITICIAN

Dominique Lefebvre

Born 1956

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0121 ENGINEER

Pierre Danel

1902 - 1966

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0122 NUN

Marguerite Tiberghien

Born 1926

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0123 ATHLETIC

Georges Malfait

1878 - 1946

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0124 ATHLETIC

Alfred Motté

1887 - 1918

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0125 FOOTBALL

André Renaux

1882 - 1924

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0126 SPORT

David Deroo

Born 1985

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0127 SOCIOLOGIST

Éric Debarbieux

Born 1953

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0128 DOCTOR

Luc Dormieux

Born 1960

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0129 POLITICIAN

Jules Dumont

1888 - 1943

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0130 ATHLETIC

Fatiha Ouali

Born 1974

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0131 POLITICIAN

Jean-Yves Caullet

Born 1957

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0132 AEROSPACE

Francis Pollet

Born 1964

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0133 FOOTBALL

Gérard Isbecque

1897 - 1970

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0134 POLITICIAN

Pierre Pribetich

Born 1956

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0135 ARTIST

François Dermaut

1949 - 2020

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0136 COMPOSER

Gaby Verlor

1921 - 2005

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0137 FOOTBALL

Raymond Wattine

1895 - 1937

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0138 FOOTBALL

Julien Verbrugghe

1889 - 1916

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0139 ACTOR

Fabrice Desplechin

Born 1963

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0140 POLITICIAN

Eugène Motte (homme politique, 1860-1932)

1860 - 1932

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0141 SINGER

Anny Gould

1920 - 2013

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0142 PAINTER

Philippe Mayaux

Born 1961

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0143 WRITER

Alain Buisine

1949 - 2009

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0144 BASKET

Maxime Courby

Born 1990

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0145 ACTOR

Luc Barney

1916 - 1991

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0146 MUSICOLOGUE

Philippe Barraqué

Born 1954

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0147 FOOTBALL

Jean-Christian Lang

Born 1950

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0148 POLITICIAN

Yves Verwaerde

1947 - 2015

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0149 FOOTBALL

Icham Mouissi

Born 1982

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0150 MEDALLIST

Albert de Jaeger

1908 - 1992

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0151 PLAYWRIGHT

Wladyslaw Znorko

1958 - 2013

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0152 CRIMINEL

Mehdi Nemmouche

Born 1985

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0153 SINGER

Lucid Beausonge

Born 1954

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0154 PLAYER

Sarah Hanffou

Born 1986

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0155 POLITICIAN

Gustave Ansart

1923 - 1990

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0156 ENTREPRENEUR

Gauthier Toulemonde

Born 1959

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0157 FOOTBALL

Aliou Dia

Born 1990

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0158 JOURNALIST

Lakhdar Belaïd

Born 1964

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0159 POLITICIAN

Emmanuelle Bouquillon

Born 1961

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0160 ENGINEER

Cyrille Grimpret

1876 - 1967

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0161 FOOTBALL

Norbert Van Caeneghem

Born 1912

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0162 ACTOR

Olga Lord

1910 - 1985

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0163 LITERARY

Charles ab der Halden

1873 - 1962

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0164 LAWYER

Jean-Louis Brochen

Born 1944

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0165 WRITER

Gérard Farasse

1945 - 2014

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0166 INVENTOR

Jean Desbouvrie

1847 - 1896

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0167 BASKET

Isabelle Strunc

Born 1991

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0168 MATHEMATICIAN

Sébastien Boucksom

Born 1976

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0169 ACTOR

Claude Talpaert

1924 - 2016

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0170 PLAYWRIGHT

Bruno Druart

Born 1954

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0171 POLITICIAN

Pierre Herman

1910 - 1990

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0172 GEOGRAPHER

François Bart

Born 1948

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0173 DIPLOMAT

Hubert Colin de Verdière

Born 1941

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0174 FOOTBALL

Jacques-Olivier Paviot

Born 1976

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0175 SINGER

Kaddour Hadadi

Born 1976

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0176 ACTOR

Maxime (humoriste)

Born 1966

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0177 PLAYER

Mallory Steux

Born 1988

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0178 WRITER

Jean de Beer

1911 - 1995

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0179 CHEMIST

Alphonse Buisine

1856 - 1918

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0180 SPORT

Théodore Vienne

1864 - 1921

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0181 HANDBALL

Rabah Soudani

Born 1985

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0182 MILITAR

Paul Brunbrouck

1926 - 1954

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0183 PAINTER

Henri-Victor Lesur

1863 - 1900

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0184 ATHLETIC

Louis Vasseur

1885 - 1968

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0185 FOOTBALL

Fernand Devlaminck

1932 - 2003

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0186 COMPOSER

Édouard Devernay

1889 - 1952

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0187 BUSINESS

Michel Nozière

Born 1949

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0188 COMPOSER

Paul Dupin

1865 - 1949

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0189 FOOTBALL

Jean Antunès

Born 1968

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0190 JOURNALIST

Dorothée Benoit Browaeys

Born 1959

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0191 GYMNAST

Georges Dejagere

1879 - 1955

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0192 POLITICIAN

Pierre Prouvost

1931 - 2013

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0193 EDITOR

Thierry Pauchant

Born 1954

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0194 MILITAR

Victor Desmet

1919 - 2018

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0195 POLITICIAN

Henri Carette

1846 - 1911

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0196 FOOTBALL

Jacques Leenaert

1921 - 2004

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0197 ACTOR

Roger Van Mullem

1914 - 1984

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0198 FOOTBALL

Djamel Haroun

Born 1983

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0199 LAWYER

Eugène Duthoit

1869 - 1944

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0200 FOOTBALL

Réda Rabeï

Born 1994

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0201 LAWYER

Léon du Bus de Warnaffe

1866 - 1938

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0202 POLITICIAN

Louis Baucarne-Leroux

1817 - 1888

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0203 COMPOSER

Ghislain Muller

Born 1950

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0204 FOOTBALL

Stéphane Rondelaere

Born 1971

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0205 FOOTBALL

Reynald Debaets

Born 1967

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0206 FOOTBALL

Mehdi Makhloufi

Born 1978

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0207 JOURNALIST

Bruno Lecluse

Born 1961

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0208 ENTREPRENEUR

Alain Salzman

Born 1962

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0209 SCULPTOR

Jean Asselbergs

1928 - 2015

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0210 POET

Amédée Prouvost (1877-1909)

1877 - 1909

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0211 ATHLETIC

Jacques Nys

1943 - 2018

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0212 DRIVER

Gonzague Olivier

1921 - 2013

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0213 PIANIST

Alain Raës

Born 1947

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0214 NOVELIST

Frédéric Coudron

Born 1976

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0215 THEOLOGIAN

Valdo Durrleman

1910 - 1944

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0216 HANDBALL

Bastien Lamon

Born 1981

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0217 JOURNALIST

Gilles Delafon

Born 1960

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0218 PRIEST

Ferdinand Bonnel

1865 - 1945

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0219 POLITICIAN

Pierre Delmar

Born 1938

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0220 PAINTER

Silas Broux

1867 - 1957

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0221 FILM

Nadège Loiseau

Born 1977

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0222 POLITICIAN

Constantin-Achille Descat

1812 - 1878

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0223 STUNT

Jean Sunny

1930 - 2007

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0224 ACTOR

Tela Tchaï

1909 - 1993

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0225 CHEF

Jean-Robert de Cavel

Born 1961

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0226 ARCHITECT

Albert Callewaert

1888 - 1957

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0227 PLAYER

Maxime Dillies

Born 1984

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0228 FOOTBALL

Alain Tirloit

Born 1958

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0229 BUSINESS

Olivier Leclercq

Born 1964

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0230 POLITICIAN

Louis-Joseph Descat

1800 - 1869

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0231 ARTIST

Fanny Bouyagui

Born 1960

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0232 TELEVISION

Anne-Sophie Roquette

Born 1963

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0233 BOXER

Areski Bakir

Born 1963

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0234 RÉSISTANT

Joseph Dubar

1899 - 1960

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0235 HOCKEY

Paul Sartorius

1912 - 2002

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0236 OFFICER

Georges Louis Germain

1877 - 1954

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0237 ARCHITECT

Maurice Salembier

1929 - 2008

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0238 FOOTBALL

Yero Dia

Born 1982

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0239 POLITICIAN

Eugène Motte (homme politique, 1910-1983)

1910 - 1983

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0240 ARCHITECT

Édouard Dupire-Rozan

1842 - 1914

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0241 WEIGHTLIFTER

Pierre Alleene

Born 1909

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0242 POLITICIAN

Gaston Coquel

1901 - 1983

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0243 POLITICIAN

Achille Scrépel

1822 - 1899

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0244 POLITICIAN

Alain Faugaret

1938 - 2016

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0245 POLITICIAN

Julien Lagache

1837 - 1902

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0246 WRITER

Pascal Sergent

Born 1958

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0247 MILITAR

Jules Joire

1914 - 1944

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0248 POLITICIAN

Jean-Baptiste Bourgeois du Jura

1831 - 1900

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0249 PLAYER

Juliette Watine

Born 1988

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0250 BUSINESS

Eugène Mathon

1860 - 1935

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0251 POLITICIAN

Édouard Roussel

1890 - 1965

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0252 MILITAR

Henri Garçon

1866 - 1944

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0253 PAINTER

Charles-Henry Bizard

1887 - 1954

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0254 POLITICIAN

Michèle Blumenthal

Born 1943

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0255 POLITICIAN

Jules Derégnaucourt

1821 - 1876

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0256 POLITICIAN

Bernard Carton

Born 1948

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0257 JOURNALIST

Claire Meynial

Born 1976

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0258 BUSINESS

Louis Motte-Bossut

1817 - 1883

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0259 HOCKEY

Sébastien Landrin

Born 1979

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0260 PAINTER

Marie Berton-Maire

Born 1868

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0261 PAINTER

Claire Olivier-Tiberghien

1906 - 1987

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0262 ANIMATEUR

Pierrot de Lille

Born 1948

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0263 WRITER

Jean Leclercq (écrivain)

1906 - 1981

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0264 SWIMMER

Michel Vandamme

1930 - 2011

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0265 MISSING

Charles-André Poissonnier

1897 - 1938

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0266 FOOTBALL

Joseph Puccar

Born 1932

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0267 GUERRE

Claire Heyman

1902 - 1997

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0268 PAINTER

Jean-Luc Duez

1949 - 2017

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0269 COMPOSER

Fabien Waksman

Born 1980

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0270 POLITICIAN

Jules Duquesne

1910 - 1973

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0271 ENTREPRENEUR

Arnaut

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0272 LIBÉRATION

Antoine Masurel

1912 - 1990

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0273 ARCHITECT

Marcel Spender

1902 - 1999

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0274 KUNST

Jean Masurel

1908 - 1991

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0275 SCULPTOR

Eugène Déplechin

1852 - 1926

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0276 POLITICIAN

Robert Vandelanoitte

1920 - 2011

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0277 GYMNAST

Stéphane Cauterman

Born 1968

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0278 SPORT

Arthur Balbaert

1879 - 1938

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0279 POLITICIAN

Amand Duforest

1890 - 1976

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0280 BOXER

Praxille Gydé

Born 1908

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0281 POLITICIAN

Léon Lierman

1889 - 1956

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0282 POLITICIAN

Achille Werquin

1834 - 1891

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0283 BUSINESS

Jean Duforest

Born 1946

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0284 WRITER

Pierre-Emmanuel Prouvost d’Agostino

Born 1968

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0285 FOOTBALL

Eddy Caullery

Born 1956

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0286 MISSIONARY

André Loucheur

1916 - 1998

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0287 SWIMMER

Colette Goossens

Born 1942

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0288 PLAYER

Gaël Vandaele

Born 1982

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0289 PAINTER

Pierre Sulmon

Born 1932

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0290 ARCHIVIST

Théodore Leuridan

1860 - 1939

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0291 PLAYER

Freddy Saelens

Born 1981

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0292 FIGHTER

Georges Wauters

Born 1904

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0293 MILITAR

Antoine Cordonnier

1892 - 1918

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0294 GINNASTA

Élie Bourgois

1881 - 1946

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0295 VENTRILOQUIST

Pierre-Joseph Locufier

1765 - 1830

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0296 PLAYER

Dalila Boukerma

Born 1975

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0297 ARCHITECT

Paul Destombes

1850 - 1919

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0298 FOOTBALL

Raymond Demey

1902 - 1944

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0299 SCULPTOR

Fernand Weerts

1890 - 1951

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0300 BASKET

Martin Le Pellec

Born 1987

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